Modern methods of sewage disposal : for towns, public institutions, and isolated houses / by Geo. E. Waring, Jr.

  • Waring, George E., Jr. (George Edwin), 1833-1898.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Modern methods of sewage disposal : for towns, public institutions, and isolated houses / by Geo. E. Waring, Jr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    All this is in direct contravention of the principle set up in the interest of sanitary improvement and of decency, and accepted by all sanitarians, that there must be no foul odor in house drain or sewer, that putrefaction must not exist anywhere in the whole system of drainage, that everything discarded in the house must be carried rapidly to the sewer outlet out- side of the town, and that the sewage as delivered must be in a fresh condition, with its constituents intact and their full fertilizing value unimpaired. It is less easy, but it is not impracticable, to secure as complete absence of putrefaction with the com- bined as with the separate system. If the inverts of the sewers are made with a self-cleansing size and surface, if the grades are carefully and properly regu- lated, if all street-inlet catch-basins are abolished, and if the sewers are thoroughly flushed every day with a volume of water sufficient to purge them of all gutter rubbish, they will be practically free from objection on this score. Many towns comtemplating the introduction of mod- ern sewerage works, have already a greater or less length of public or private sewers and sewage drains, often of antiquated and faulty construction, which they are anxious to utilize in connection with their proposed improvements. These sewers and drains are rarely fit for incorporation into a modern sewerage system, and are equally unfit to be retained, on sanitary grounds alone. When they are retained, they are pretty sure to have a bad effect on the character of the sewage